Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember the peace that can exist in silence.
Without surrender, as far as possible on good terms with all persons. Tell your truth quietly and clearly. Listen to others, even the simple-minded and ignorant, they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are
vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, there are always bigger and smaller than you. Enjoy your achievements as well as your accomplishments. Do not be blind with regard virtue there.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love not because it is in front of any disenchantment, as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years and gracefully surrendering your youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have the right to be here. And if it is clear to you or not, the universe is unfolding as it probably should. Whatever your work and your dreams are, keep in the noisy distress of life, peace in your yard. With all its sham and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Try to be happy.
